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APPENDIX A <br />DRMS Form 2 Non Confidential <br />COTTER CORPORATION <br />Western Slope Operations <br />SR-13A 2009 Exploration Project <br />Proposed Action <br />Introduction <br />Cotter Corporation proposes to conduct exploratory drilling on the Department of Energy's <br />Lease Block SR-13A, located about one mile north-northeast of the historic townsite of Slick <br />Rock, San Miguel County, Colorado. The proposed action consists of boring one air rotary hole <br />and is intended to obtain infill information gaps about historic drill-indicated mineralization and <br />mineral trends. The proposed drill hole (SR13A-2009-01 is located in the NE1/4 NW1/4 Sec. <br />30, T. 44N, R18W, New Mexico Prime Meridian. Approximate GPS coordinates (Lat/Long <br />WGS84) for the hole, is 38.052731, -108.897212. The proposed drill site is located adjacent to <br />an existing road. The site will require about 75 feet of an off-road, over-the-ground access trail. <br />Construction (e.g. physical disturbance) of a new access road will not occur. <br />Starting Date and Duration <br />Drilling is proposed to start early in the 3`d quarter of 2009. The actual date will depend on <br />permitting and drill rig availability constraints. Drill program duration should be a couple of <br />days. <br />Pre-Drilling Surveys <br />Given the size of the program, that the proposed drill pads will be adjacent to an existing road, <br />and the presence of numerous historic drill holes in the immediate area, no pre-drilling surveys, <br />such as archeological, wildlife, or endangered species, are planned. Should a regulatory agency <br />determine that a pre-drilling survey is needed, then Cotter will coordinate with that agency to <br />make sure that an effective survey occur. <br />Drilling Information <br />One hole is proposed for the lease tract. Estimated depth will be about 720 feet. The hole will <br />start in sediments belonging to the Cretaceous Burro Canyon Formation, pass through the Brushy <br />Basin Member of the Jurassic Morrison Formation and terminate below the principal ore-bearing